Of Fire and Night (The Saga of Seven Suns, 5)

From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. Bestseller Anderson's fabulous fifth volume in his Seven Suns saga (after 2005's Scattered Suns ) combines glitzy space-opera flash with witty, character-driven action on a cosmic scale. In retaliation for the destruction of a gas planet's hydrogue inhabitants, the surviving hydrogues join forces with human-hating Klikiss-created robots to exterminate all Terrans, including Hansa colonists, gypsy Roamers and Therons of Theroc, the forested planet that's home to sentient verdani. Vast verdani organic battleships unite with fiery, star-dwelling faeros, Earth Defense Forces and humanoid Ildirans in "elemental synergy" to fight the hydrogues. Expertly juggling a huge cast and multiple story lines, Anderson unleashes major firepower as he sets the scene for the sixth and final chapter in an SF series more entertaining than a 3-D superstar game of outerspace Twister. (July) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. From The ruler of Earth, Basil Wenceslas, is not so slowly going mad, and in trying to suppress all opposition to his rule, he is alienating both other factions of humanity and nonhuman races. Throughout human-inhabited space, opponents are rallying to equip themselves with bioengineered weapons (e.g., spacefaring trees) to fend off Wenceslas and the nonhumans he may be making willing to annihilate humanity in general. The fifth volume of the Saga of Seven Suns (after Hidden Empire , 2002; A Forest of Stars, 2003; Horizon Storms , 2004; and Scattered Suns , 2005) has the same distinct flavor of space opera about it. No surprise, that, since Anderson cut his literary teeth on Star Wars fiction. But his collaborations with Brian Herbert on the extension of Dune and, perhaps, the passage of years and books have given him more sophistication in characterization and world building. Seven Suns is a large canvas being filled with notable skill, sure to please lovers of action sf, even though by now the appended glossary is definitely necessary. Roland Green Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved

in The Fifth Book Of The Saga Of Seven Suns, A Climactic Battle Begins Between The Ildiran Solar Navy, The Earth Defense Forces, The Roamers, Green Priests, Klikiss Robots, And Hydrogue Warglobes.

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bestseller Anderson's Fabulous Fifth Volume In His Seven Suns Saga (after 2005's Scattered Suns) Combines Glitzy Space-opera Flash With Witty, Character-driven Action On A Cosmic Scale. In Retaliation For The Destruction Of A Gas Planet's Hydrogue Inhabitants, The Surviving Hydrogues Join Forces With Human-hating Klikiss-created Robots To Exterminate All Terrans, Including Hansa Colonists, Gypsy Roamers And Therons Of Theroc, The Forested Planet That's Home To Sentient Verdani. Vast Verdani Organic Battleships Unite With Fiery, Star-dwelling Faeros, Earth Defense Forces And Humanoid Ildirans In Elemental Synergy To Fight The Hydrogues. Expertly Juggling A Huge Cast And Multiple Story Lines, Anderson Unleashes Major Firepower As He Sets The Scene For The Sixth And Final Chapter In An Sf Series More Entertaining Than A 3-d Superstar Game Of Outerspace Twister. (july) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

The war between the hydrogues and the faeros rages with the humans and Ildirans caught in the crossfire. The many factions of humanity are bitterly divided as Chairman Wenceslas's vendetta against all independent colonies blinds him to outside dangers--the deadliest being the Klikiss robots that have infiltrated the entire human military and launched their long-planned extermination of all things flesh and blood. Meanwhile, Jora'h, the Ildiran Mage Imperator, must quash a bloody coup initiated by his mad brother The Saga of Seven Suns is a galaxy-spanning SF epic, packed with politics, war, family intrigues and star-crossed lovers. For years, the alien Klikiss robots have pretended to be humanity's friends, but their seeming "help" has allowed them to plant an insidious Trojan Horse throughout the Earth Defense Forces. In the climactic battle, human and alien races will collide and the galaxy will be shaken to its core. "In the fifth book of The Saga of Seven Suns, a climactic battle begins between the Ildiran Solar Navy, the Earth Defense Forces, the Roamers, green priests, Klikiss robots, and hydrogue warglobes--a fury that will destroy many and change the landscape of the Spiral Arm forever"--Provided by publisher The covert sabotage of the Earth Defense Forces by alien Klikiss robots results in the deaths of millions and forces Ildiran Mage-Imperator Jora'h into a devil's bargain to protect his people, prompting a rebellion among the Roamers and green priests